Turbonomic

Turbonomic

Turbonomic

U.S.-based enterprise software company


Turbonomic is a resource-simulation software company headquartered in Boston, MA and owned by IBM. The company was originally named VMTurbo.

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Reception

In 2011, Gartner named Turbonomic as a Cool Vendor in Cloud Management.[1] In 2016, Turbonomic was listed as the top product for Virtualization Management in a report by IDG and IT Central Station.[2] Turbonomic has made five appearances to the Inc. 5000,[3] and made the Forbes Cloud 100 four times.[4] In 2020, Fast Company named Turbonomic to their Best Workplaces for Innovators List.[5] The company was also deemed a Vendor to Watch in AIOps by Enterprise Management Associates (EMA) for its combination of abstraction, analytics, and automation engine that continually assures performance of a customer’s applications.[6]

History

The company formed partnerships with Cisco[7] and IBM,[8] entering into OEM agreements to bring Application Resource Management to a larger customer base.

Since its founding in 2008[9] or 2009,[10] Turbonomic had raised more than $250M from venture capital firms including Bain Capital Ventures and Highland Capital Partners.[11]

The company's product was updated in 2017 for use with cloud computing platforms.[12]

The company was originally named VMTurbo and changed its name to Turbonomic in August 2017.[13]

Turbonomic acquired ParkMyCloud and SevOne in 2019.[citation needed]

IBM acquired Turbonomic on June 17, 2021.[14][15][16][17] The company's product simulates supply and demand forces in order to efficiently allocate resources such as computing, database, memory and storage.[18]


References

  1. Milind Govekar; Cameron Haight; Donna Scott (11 April 2011). "Cool Vendors in Cloud Management, 2011". Gartner. Archived from the original on September 24, 2018. Retrieved 2014-03-01.
  2. McGaughey, Katryn. "Turbonomic Named to the Forbes Cloud 100 for Fourth Consecutive Year". blog.turbonomic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. "Best Workplaces for Innovators 2020". Fast Company. 2020-07-29. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  4. "Turbonomic Named an Enterprise Management Associates Vendor to Watch". www.businesswire.com. 2020-07-14. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  5. Kuchipudi, Bali. "Cisco Announces Intersight Workload Optimizer". blog.turbonomic.com. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  6. "IBM to OEM Turbonomic's Application Resource Management". www.businesswire.com. 2020-05-27. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  7. "VMTurbo's Tripling Revenues Are IBM's Loss". Forbes. 23 July 2013. Retrieved 3 August 2016.
  8. "Startup's New Software Tells Your Tech Where to Go". June 6, 2017. Retrieved March 28, 2019.
  9. "Why VMturbo becomes Turbonomic? - ESX Virtualization". 18 August 2016. Retrieved 27 August 2016.
  10. Bernard, GIllis (February 11, 2014). "VMTurbo Will Move to Back Bay & Bulk Up Team in 2014". BostInno. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
  11. "Company Overview of VMTurbo, Inc". Bloomberg L. P. Retrieved 2016-08-08.

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